Plugin for Spotify (1 Viewer)

[Frippe]

H3pp,
I recently started listening to music using Spotify and I thought I should look into making a Spotify plugin for MP. The question at hand is - have anyone already started making such a plugin? I havn't coded a MP plugin before, and I guess it takes some doing.

 

[qsec]

The greatest music solution known to man?

YES PLEASE!

 

[moiristo]

what's the difference with last.fm or pandora?

 

[qsec]

Haven't checked out pandora.
But Spotify is a thing of beauty.
See it as an almost unlimited database of music.

Type in you favourite artist in the search bar. And presto. All the albums are there for your immidiate enjoyment.
It's so good that I'm considering dumping all my stored music files (70000 songs or so) and just use this service 24/7. (Ok not yet .)
It streams all in Ogg Vorbis 160kbit/s so the quality is pretty decent.

Read more here What is Spotify? - Spotify

This link gives an idea of how it works.
Music Ally | Blog Archive Hands on with Spotify streaming music service

 

[jacc1234]

It does not seem to work in the US due to licensing restrictions.

 

[Iwen]

Never heard about that, but looks great.
Anybody who has a invite?

 

[qsec]

Sorry, don't have any invites.
One can buy a premium service (SEK 95kr) for a month. It will after that month is up revert back to a standard free service.

 

[BarateaU]

Just started using it also.
I think its great.

I saw i guide on the internet to get in without invites.

1. Go to this internet proxy Ziigy Proxy
2. Type in Spotify ? A world of music. Instant, simple and free in the adress bar on the page
3. Register a free accoutn and use this UK zip code, SE17 2DJ
-- Maybe other UK zip codes work aswell, dont know.

When you have created the account, go and change your accont settings to the right one, like your contry and so on.

ENJOY!

 

[hulkhaugen]

A nice Spotify pluging is exactly what MP needs But Spotify isn't open source, is it? Wouldn't that be a problem?

But still, you go make that plugin, good luck (Not sarcastic).

 

[Frippe]

Hmm, well.
Seems like time to get started then. I hope I can find out how to connect to the Spotify network soon - if it's even possible at all. I'll keep you posted about the progress.